University of Nairobi ranked best in East Africa

The University of Nairobi [Photo: Courtesy]

The University of Nairobi was ranked the 10^th best university in Africa by Webometrics. It was the only university from East Africa in the top ten with an excellence rank of 1602. Worldwide it was ranked at position 956 ahead of Uganda’s Makerere University which was ranked 12^th in Africa and 1013 in the world.

Kenyatta University, Moi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) came in position 38, 47 and 62 respectively. While Egerton, Strathmore, Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and Maseno followed at 125, 134, 144 and 154 respectively in Africa.